Guessing Game, Part 4

Here's a quick post before church this morning and my final card that was inspired by my Winter Frost framed project.  This design features dry embossing and heat embossing.  Take a look:

I think all the embossing gives this fairly simple card a quiet elegance.  I love the dove stamp.

... and here's my framed project, with the square for today's design inspiration in the top, left corner.

... and, again, my 2 other cards inspired by this framed project:

Thanks for stopping by.  Come back to see a couple of card designs that were inspired by my Season of Style framed project.  Have a beautiful day.

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A Winter Snowflake Card

Here's a nice winter card for you today, filled with snowflakes.  The only stamping is on the inside.  I've given it a very rich look by using our Brushed Silver for the top, embossed layer.  I love the look.  The ribbon and the card base are Bermuda Bay.

- Thanks for stopping by my little corner of the blogging world. 

- Click on the tab at the top of the page to see my class schedules and registration policies or click on the left for sneak peeks. 

- Come back soon and come back often for more creative inspiration.

More Cards!

Here are some more quick and easy cards for your inspiration.  They are big on style, even though they start with just a simple note card.  I tried to give you a peek at the coordinating envelopes, too.  Enjoy!  

Cherry Cobbler / Be of Good Cheer DSP /  Holiday Ornament Framelits / Traditional Touches Stamp (envelope) / cherry cobbler seam binding

Midnight Muse / Merry Minis Punch Pack / Silver Glimmer Paper / Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder / Greetings of the Season

Gumball Green / Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder / Delicate Designs Embossing Folder (envelope flap) / Holiday Ornament Framelits / Be of Good Cheer DSP / silver glimmer paper (star)

Night of Navy / Four Seasons Stamp Set / Northern Flurry Embossing Folder

Midnight Muse / Stitched Ribbon / Jolly Bingo Bits / Postage Punch / Square Punch / Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

As you can see, I used the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder a lot on these creations.  I felt like it gave the feeling of falling snow.  I hope these cards give you some ideas to try.  As you can see, the note cards are limited only by your imagination.

Have a beautiful day!

Another Super Fancy Card from our Class

Here's another fancy card from my class last night.  This one is a 5 1/4" square card, using the Greeting Card Kids stamp set.

My color story is Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, and Cherry Cobbler.  I embossed the Crumb Cake layer with snowflakes.

The images are colored using the Aqua Painter and several coordinating ink pads.  To add some sparkle, I went over parts of the images with Dazzling Details.  The ribbon is Cherry Cobbler seam binding.

I had some retired square envelopes for us to use with our cards, but you could always make your own with our Simply Scored Tool.

I hope you enjoyed this one.  I have a least 1 more super fancy card to show you, so come back soon for that one.

It's getting pretty exciting around here with boxes arriving on a daily basis for the gifts I ordered online.  I must say, this is an easy way to shop and be sure to get just what you need.  I have quite a wrapping job facing me:)  I did not order gift wrapping.


Please know that I have many thoughts and prayers going out to those in special need of them at this time of year.

We cannot always understand how or why these things can happen.  We just have to trust that, no matter what, God is there for us and will hold us in His loving arms.  I take comfort in trying to stamp things for others, in hopes of bringing joy to their lives in some small way.  God bless you all.

Warm Hands...Warm Memories

Making today's card brought back a warm memory... about losing gloves and mittens.  There was a cold and busy winter when I just could not seem to keep track of my gloves and mittens.  I had to drive for about 20 minutes to get to the school where I taught.  I always pulled them off to free my hands, once the car got warmed up a bit.

One day, after my coming home with yet another cold, red hand exposed, I received a warning from my husband:  "If you lose one more pair of mittens or gloves, I'm going to get you mitten clips and make you wear them, or maybe one of those strings that run through the inside of your coat sleeves!"  I was more careful after that and, when Spring came, I found all my gloves and mittens.  They were in our school parking lot, in various locations, and all quite flat from many vehicles driving over them.

Today's card has a pair of mittens that I won't lose.

As you can see, I've used the same white on white background (and text stamp) as in yesterday's post.  Instead of hanging ornaments, I've hung up a pair of mittens (with white baker's twine) and popped the mittens up on dimensionals.

I used Cherry Cobbler and Always Artichoke to create the mittens and punched them out with our Mitten Builder Punch.  Instead of stamping them (We have a couple of stamp sets that have coordinating mittens.), I embossed them with 2 different designs.  One is the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and the other one is the Argyle Embossing Folder.  How perfect is that for mittens?

I hope you enjoyed my card and my little story.  Hang onto your mittens and have a great day!

A Pair of Ornaments

For this chilly morning, I have a pair of ornaments for you.  These were made with our framelits.  Using the Big Shot makes this a fun and easy card to create.

I love the clean, crisp look of white on white, so I added a layer of white on top of the white card base.  I embossed the top layer with our Northern Flurry embossing folder, stamped the sentiment and added a strip of ribbon, all before attaching the top layer to the card.  The sentiment is from Greetings of the Season, from the Holiday catalog.  I think it's one of the prettiest stamp sets ever because it contains 4 beautiful greetings, each with a gorgeous font.

You'll notice that I'm still using a touch of Gumball Green (a frequent player in my Christmas cards this year) but I've switched from my beloved Cherry Cobbler to Raspberry Ripple.  I love the stitched satin ribbon and it looks so pretty on this card.  I could have made it into a bow, but I decided to keep it simple and let the focus remain on the ornaments.  I've used white baker's twine to 'hang' the ornaments onto the card.

So, that's it for today.  Have a beautiful day and don't forget to use a warmer coat if you live in my area.  It's chilly out there!

Inkin' in the Land of Lincoln

At our last Team Meeting (Inkin' in the Land of Lincoln) we decided to have a shoebox swap at our October meeting.  It was so much fun.  I'd like to share with you the projects that were created by those who were able to participate.

I shared a project that is a little treat holder.  A variety of goodies would fit inside the holder, so you could choose what you'd like to put in it.  For this one, we used a tea bag --- a low cal treat:)  I used a sheet from our Snow Festival DSP that has little squares on it.  You can cut it up and use it for individual tags or designs.  I added little dots of cherry cobbler Dazzling Details, for a touch of bling.  We'll be making these at my Touch of Christmas class and I'll have a tutorial on them in a later post.

Laura's project was a treat bag using our Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit.  I love the little flag strips of Howlstooth and Scaringbone DSP.  We embossed the bags and added a treat inside.  Who will get this treat?

Jenn's project was a Fall card using the Wonderfall stamp set.  The leaf is die cut using the Autumn Accents Bigz Die.  I love her color combo:  Perfect Plum, More Mustard and Cajun Craze.  It is gorgeous together!

Lynn's project  was a gorgeous Christmas card.  Using the colors from the Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack, she went with Island Indigo as the card base, with a touch of Cherry Cobbler and Brushed Silver CS for the mats.  The ornament is embossed with Pewter EP (She used silver.) and then another layer added to the ornament, embossed with white EP.  We tied the ornament with a little Cherry Cobbler baker's twine.  We added some dry embossing too, with the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder.  The text is from More Merry Messages.

As you can see, I have a talented bunch of ladies.  Before I go, I'd like to share one more project with you from my team.  Here is a bottle tag that Laura made using my double pocket treat holder idea.  Isn't this a clever way to use it!

I know you'll want to go try some of these ideas.  Enjoy!